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Terry S Williams

Terry S Williams

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These were completed prior to my last posted frame. They actually have 4 mats. When cutting the top mat I measured in the wrong direction and cut a regular bevel instead of a reverse. So I set them aside and cut two new ones. Thinking they were waste anyway I experimented with a V-groove.
Once I had completed the other three mats and put them on the pictures they looked pretty boring. When I placed the "discarded mats on top it all seemed to come together.
Even though they still have black frames the recipient liked them so well that I was given a watercolor to Re-frame to go with them.

I plan to take before and after shots of that project.

Thanks to all for your input.

Terry
 
Rev Bev, RevBev, RevBev... get rid of every one of those white distracting lines.... it will flow into the picture and leave the eye there. Other than that? I'd sell it.
 
Hi Terry

I just wanted to drop you a note..and tell you not to get discouraged.

I can tell that you're making real efforts for contrast and color.

Besides that, this was a difficult piece. It doesn't lend itself to a lot of variations in color or hues. I've thought about what I'd do with this piece and bottom line...I'm honestly not sure. It would take me a while.

Don't get discouraged...keep em coming!

By the way, is that your photography???
Jan
 
Jan,
Thank you for the encouragement.

These pictures are from my son-in-law. He has a lot of great shots. I have a few more to frame.

Would you like to see more of his work?

Terry
 
Your choice of colours is spot on! I do agree with Baer, the white cores are distracting.

I do many reverse bevels in order to bring additional colours in to the mat design.

My suggestion:

When designing, consider the number of "stripes" created by how the light shines on the profile of the moulding along with the colour change and the white cores. Too many and the eye is in visual competition with the art. You can lose the "stripe-e-ness" (forgive the made up word) by eliminating the white core by either reverse bevels or using a black core and also selecting a flatter profile.
 
I'd do reverse bevels, too. The dark outer mat is good, as it's like the shadows all around, letting the eye move in to the light. I might do a narrower frame, though. With such a dark mat and black frame it can get a bit heavy. Am thinking what this might be like with a narrow black frame instead. If you didn't want it to seem too slight, you could have it be deeper to help balance the narrowness. I like to use Nielsen metal 91-21 because it's only 3/16 of an inch across the front but about an inch deep. That might be too narrow on these, but it works well on plenty. Seems to me that on here, a frame between half and one inch width would be good. The other thing that comes to mind are those Studio frames with the 'espresso' finish. Very dark brown, with a warmth that black just doesn't have.
 
I think most here would agree that color photos (for some reason!?) are one of the most difficult subjects to frame - and particularly to mat. Personally, I prefer very simple clean treatments - gallery style. Especially with images as powerful as these. Not too much embellishment. But that's me - I always follow my customers lead, their style and ideas may be different from mine, and I work with them to achieve something that works. Bottom line, if the customer likes it then all is well.
Size makes a difference too. If these were large prints they would look great with a super thin (quality finish) metal, no mats, spacers, museum glass. I did one like this recently on a very dramatic shot of the "Ghost Tree" wave at Pebble Beach (80' feet tall - surfers mecca) - all you see is the shot - the framing is really there for protection and to "clean up the edges".

-Bryan
 
I find that a "mistake" usually drives your ingenuity in a new direction. I have found that more often than not the product ends up being more impressive than the original design. GOOD WORK!
 
Again, thanks to all for your input!!!:)

As I said in the original post these were completed prior to my first frame being posted so many of these suggestions concur with those on that post. This is very early on in my framing career and I still have a lot to learn.
First and foremost I want to stay with the medical creed and "Do no further harm" so am attempting to use proper procedures in the framing process.
As for the creative side, these suggestions have been great input and they all seem to be pointing me in the same general direction. Hopefully, with these good critiques by so many seasoned framers I will be able to excel in my craft as well.
As I have also mentioned before I also have a watercolor to re-frame.
I will need to make it complement these pieces as they have already been delivered. So I will probably be framing it similarly. Nevertheless, I am opened to suggestions.

Thanks again.
 
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